New York A 8593: Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase

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A08593 Summary:

BILL NOA08593A

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SAME ASSAME AS S06840-A

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRKassay, Stern, O'Pharrow, Kay, Santabarbara, Berger, Schiavoni, Griffin, Levenberg

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1000, R & SS L

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Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase from three years to four years; provides that the provisions of such act shall not be subject to the requirement that the state shall make an equal payment to the retirement system.

Go to top A08593 Actions:

BILL NOA08593A

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05/21/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

02/06/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

02/06/2026print number 8593a

03/10/2026reported referred to ways and means

Go to topA08593 Committee&nbspVotes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES Chair:Pheffer Amato 
DATE:03/10/2026AYE/NAY:13/0 Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means Pheffer AmatoAyeDeStefanoAye

ColtonAyeReillyAye

SantabarbaraAyeGiglioAye

EichensteinAyeTannousisAye

FallAye

BurkeAye

GriffinAbsent

CarrollAye

RomeroAye

YegerAye

Go to topA08593 Floor&nbspVotes:

There are no Assembly votes for this bill in this legislative session.

Go to topA08593 Text:

 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8593--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 21, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, KASSAY, STERN, O'PHARROW -- read
 once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 increasing the amount of years of military service credit a member may
 purchase

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 1000 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2016, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 4. In no event shall the credit granted pursuant to this section, when
 5 added to credit granted for military service with any retirement system
 6 of this state pursuant to this or any other provision of law, exceed a
 7 total of [three] four years.
 8 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 1000 of the retirement and social secu-
 9 rity law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2022, is amended to
 10 read as follows:
 11 1. A member, upon application to such retirement system, may obtain a
 12 total not to exceed [three] four years of service credit for up to
 13 [three] four years of military duty, as defined in section two hundred
 14 forty-three of the military law, if the member (a) was honorably
 15 discharged from the military, or (b) has a qualifying condition, as
 16 defined in section [three hundred fifty of the executive law] one of the
 17 veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 18 conduct or dishonorable from such service, or (c) is a discharged LGBT
 19 veteran, as defined in section [three hundred fifty of the executive
 20 law] one of the veterans' services law, and has received a discharge
 21 other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09124-03-6

 A. 8593--A 2

 1 § 3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, none of the
 2 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 3 of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
 4 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would amend the retirement and social security law (RSSL) to
 allow for a member to obtain up to four years of service credit for up
 to four years of military duty if the member was honorably discharged.
 The current maximum is three years of service credit. Members must have
 at least five years of credited service (not including military
 service). For each year of additional service credit granted by this
 bill, Tier 1-5 members would be required to pay 3% member contributions
 and Tier 6 would pay 6% member contributions.
 The provisions of section 25 of the RSSL sh